RIC VI, NICOMEDIA 70a, LICINIUS, UNLISTED OFFICINA

 

OBVERSE

IMPCVALLICINLICINIVSPFAVG [IMP C VAL LICIN LICINIVS P F AVG]; head r., laur.

REVERSE

VIRTVTIE-XERCITVS [VIRTVTI EXERCITVS]; Virtus [properly Mars] advancing r. in military dress, r. holding transverse spear, l. shield and trophy over shoulder. G in right field. SMN in exergue.

NOT IN RIC

UNLISTED OFFICINA - G. RIC lists for Licinius only officina D (p. 566). General note about this issue from p. 551: "Virtuti Exercitus both appear for Licinius and Maximinus, emissions for the former being the more scarce: coinage for Constantine is extremely rare. [...] Date, c. 311".

NOTES

Coin sold in September 2005 for $350.


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski